Browsing by Author "Kain Berkovic, Juliana"
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(2011)Background: It has been shown that excess weight gain during childhood is associated with a greater risk of obesity; this relationship may be mediated by growth in height. Aim: To quantify the associations between z scores ...
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(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Early puberty onset has been related to future chronic disease; however breast bud assessment in large scale population studies is difficult because it requires trained personnel. Thus our aim is to assess the ...
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(Universidad de Chile. INTAJUNAEB, 2017)
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(2010)Background: In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2016)Introducción: Las enfermedades crónicas son un problema de salud que ha afectado a casi todo el mundo y han siendo afrontadas con la implementación de diversos programas de prevención. En Chile, uno de los programas ...
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(2005)Background: As a consequence of the epidemiological transition in Chile, the nutritional status of the population has changed notoriously. Aim: To study the changes in the nutritional status of six years-old Chilean children ...
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(2009)Childhood obesity in Chile has been recognized as a public health problem. In 2006, we developed a school-based obesity prevention pilot project to intervene during 5 months preschool and schoolchildren from 1st to 4th ...
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(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2008-09)Objectives: Chile is a unique example of the nutrition transition, with improvements in undernutrition and subsequent rapid increases in obesity occurring at a rate much faster than in other countries. This study aims ...
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(2009)Objective: Obesity prevalence among Chilean children is 19?4%. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a school-based obesity prevention programme. Design: Non-randomized controlled study. The intervention ...
